Free ARE WE ALONE? by Bruce Durbin

be in shock.
    OFFICER (CONT’D)
Why don’t I get your friends and
then maybe you should pack up and
head on back into the city.
Officer looks at the students.
OFFICER (CONT’D)
Okay?
GINA
But we saw...
    OFFICER
A lot of people see a lot of things
that turn out to be nothing but
their imagination playing tricks on
them.
Officer looks at the students, then walks back to the patrol
car.
BRIEF PAUSE and then Officer returns with Chaz and Yasmine,
who both look very subdued.
ANTHONY
Chaz, we thought...
CHAZ
We’re fine. We just got lost.
GINA
The keys? Do you have the keys?
Chaz searches his pockets, then holds out the keys. Gina
grabs the keys.
    GINA (CONT’D)
(to Chaz)
Get the tripods. We’ll get the
sleeping bags and other stuff.
Gina turns to Officer.
    GINA (CONT’D)
Thank you. We’ll be leaving, just
as soon as we get packed up.
OFFICER
Good. Oh, and put out that fire.
ANTHONY
Will do.
Officer looks at the students, then lightly nods his head,
and walks back to the patrol car.
BRIEF PAUSE, then the lights dim, as the patrol car backs up,
and then turns around, leaving the area.
    POV switches to the surrounding hills, watching the
headlights of the patrol car move away and then silhouettes
of the students, as they move up to the camp site and then
back to the car.
INT. CAR
The students get into the car, with Gina quickly locking the
doors.
ANTHONY
Lets get out of here.
    Gina puts the key in the ignition and turns the key. Nothing
happens. Gina looks over at Anthony. She turns the key
again. Nothing happens.
    ANTHONY (CONT’D)
Pop the hood.
Gina reaches down and pulls the hood lever, as Anthony grabs
a flashlight, gets out and runs to the front of the car,
raising the hood.
EXT. CAR - NIGHT
    Anthony shines the flashlight into the engine compartment,
sweeping the area. He stops, shining the flashlight on
dangling spark plug wires. He stares at an empty place,
where the distributor cap is suppose to be.
INT. CAR
Anthony drops into the car seat, with Gina looking at him.
GINA
What’s wrong?
ANTHONY
Someone stole the distributor cap.
GINA
Can’t you fix it?
ANTHONY
No...We’re not going anywhere.
Gina looks in the rearview mirror, seeing Christina, Chaz,
and Yasmine, who are very subdued, almost in a trance.
Gina looks past the students, through the rear window and
sees BLURRED SHADOWS.
GINA
What the fuck do they want?
    Anthony sees Gina looking in the rearview mirror and turns
around, looking out the back window, also seeing the BLURRED
SHADOWS.
    Anthony turns and looks out the front windshield, seeing the
RED BRAKE LIGHTS of the Ranger’s patrol car. Anthony looks
back out the rear window.
    ANTHONY
Whatever they want, they’re moving
slow. We could outrun them.
    Gina looks out the side windows, failing to see any BLURRED
SHADOWS. She looks out the front window, just as the RED
BRAKE LIGHTS disappear around a corner.
GINA
If we can make it to the highway,
then...
ANTHONY
Yeah.
    Anthony reaches down and grabs the cameras, quickly putting
them in with his laptop. Gina grabs a flashlight and opens
the door, as Anthony also opens the door. Anthony then turns
back towards the back seat.
ANTHONY (CONT’D)
We have to leave...NOW.
No response.
ANTHONY (CONT’D)
(SCREAMING)
They will fuckin’ kill you.
    No response. Anthony looks across the car to Gina. In
silent agreement, they move to the back doors, open the
doors, and pull Christina, Chaz, and Yasmine from the car.
EXT. ROAD - NIGHT
    They start jogging down the dirt road, with Gina in front and
Anthony in the rear, trying to push Christina, Chaz, and
Yasmine, as they keep slowing down to a walk.
    Anthony looks behind, failing to see the BLURRED SHADOWS. He
nervously scans the sides, again, failing to see the BLURRED
SHADOWS. He looks up at Gina, who just happens to look back.
ANTHONY (CONT’D)
I don’t see them.
Gina turns back around and looks to the sides, failing to see
any BLURRED SHADOWS. She smiles, as she continues